Alchemy. Monika Schröder
27.05.2022 - 16.06.2022
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The Atticus art gallery presents an exhibition of abstract works by Monika Schröder, an artist who created her unique style at the intersection of painting, sculpture, and printmaking. The exhibition is dedicated to studying Schröder’s unique technique based on the interaction of materials and conditions.
Monika Schröder explores painting as a relationship between an idea and its final result, as an alchemical connection between elements and the impossibility of completely controlling them. This is the reason for the technique of creating works: printing on canvas using pre-prepared materials with different properties.
Early works have predominant grey and earthy hues. Later, impacted by Schröder’s trip to Portugal, they are replaced by canvases in which colour is the main character. But they all represent the consistent development of technology, the unique alchemical mystery of Monika Schröder.
Monika Schröder.
Q&A
Q:
Do you need a particular state of mind or a trigger to create a new piece or series?
A by MS:
I need an inner conflict. When everything is smooth, there's nothing to create. The dissonance between idea and reality is the best engine.
Q:
Do you think your childhood influenced you as an author?
A by MS:
A childhood feeling of otherness, of observing from the sidelines. It formed my position as a permanent ethnographer within my own culture.
Q:
Was there a moment in your life when you first felt like an artist?
A by MS:
When a curator asked me to write an artist statement. I had to articulate who I am and what I do. That forced me to define myself.
Q:
What is art?
A by MS:
Art is a form of attention, I think. An opportunity to see in a special way.